Guy Usher is found dead at the Penguin Pool at the New York City Aquarium. Police Inspector James Gleason shows up to investigate, only to discover that spinster teacher Edna May Oliver is on the scene with a strong curiosity in solving the murder.
The first of the the Miss Withers mysteries from RKO has a lovely comic pair in the leads, as well as a strong cast, with Robert Armstrong, Mae Clarke, Donald Cook, Clarence Wilson, and a completely bald Edgar Kennedy -- he had just finished playing Daddy Warbucks. It's a fairly composed mystery, even though there's little to guide the audience to the murderer; most of the reason to see the movie are the sparks between Gleason and Miss Oliver. And the penguins, of course.
The first of the the Miss Withers mysteries from RKO has a lovely comic pair in the leads, as well as a strong cast, with Robert Armstrong, Mae Clarke, Donald Cook, Clarence Wilson, and a completely bald Edgar Kennedy -- he had just finished playing Daddy Warbucks. It's a fairly composed mystery, even though there's little to guide the audience to the murderer; most of the reason to see the movie are the sparks between Gleason and Miss Oliver. And the penguins, of course.